With just a couple of days until Election Day, Texas and the United States Department of Justice are butting heads over who can and can not be inside a polling location legally.
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– With just a couple of days until Election Day, Texas and the United States Department of Justice are butting heads over who can and cannot be inside a polling location legally., with more than 570,000 early votes cast. However, as Election Day gets closer, the Office of the Texas Secretary of State is taking a stand on the opposite side of the federal government.sparking controversy in Texas on Nov. 1.
Federal poll watchers, also known as election monitors, were going to be sent to eight Texas counties, including Bexar County and Atascosa County. According to the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, federal poll watchers were also not permitted in Texas in either the 2020 or 2016 presidential election.Zaria Oates
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